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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"gasoline tax"”.
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Effect of plug in hybrid electric vehicle adoption on gas tax revenue, local pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions
… marginal electric generation plants and reduced gasoline tax income. In this report, a model is developed that will enable these tradeoffs to be studied. The model accounts for local commuting patterns and marginal electric generation in New Jersey. The result allows the effect of PHEV adoption …
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Modelling the prospects and impacts of methanol use in transportation in China at computable general equilibrium
… vehicles, the relative prices of methanol and gasoline, and the application of various policies. The use of methanol in light duty passenger vehicles has risen heavily in China due to the abundance of coal in the country and the ability to use it as the feedstock for methanol production in …
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TAXATION OF UNITED STATES GENERAL AVIATION
… aviation, the lead emissions from aviation gasoline consumption are of great concern. General aviation emits over half the lead emissions in the United States or over 630 tons in 2005. The other significant negative externality attributed to general aviation usage is aircraft accidents. …
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Privacy-Preserving Vehicle Miles Traveled (PPVMT) tax
Motor fuel taxes form a great part of the total revenue collected for the development and maintenance of surface transportation. Gasoline tax payments are becoming a matter of concern as the share of Battery Vehicles (BVs) increases in the market. Those funds need to be collected in some other way …
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Innovative strategies for managing the increasing costs of paratransit operations under the Americans with Disabilities Act
… be funded, in part, by modifying the federal gasoline tax or other inputs to the Highway Trust Fund. Additionally, from a regional or state perspective, gas and parking taxes can be modified to help fund paratransit services. Thus, in order to provide the level of mobility that was promised to …
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Essays on urban economics and public finance
… economic activity that are related to government taxation and other factors. In Chapter 1, I use unique data on locations and prices of gasoline retailers in the United States to estimate the effect of discontinuities on gasoline taxes on business location decisions and tax incidence. The …
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Climate and energy policy for U.S. passenger vehicles : a technology-rich economic modeling and policy analysis
… econometric studies of the household response to gasoline prices by investigating whether or not U.S. households alter their reliance on higher fuel economy vehicles in response to gasoline price changes. Using micro-level household vehicle usage data collected during a period of gasoline price …
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A prospective analysis of Brazilian biofuel economy: land use, infrastructure development and fuel pricing policies
… sector of both country components, ethanol and gasoline are assumed to be perfect substitutes and combined in accordance with the specified blending regulations to generate VKT. For gasoline, an upward sloping supply function is assumed for the U.S., while in the case of Brazil a perfectly …